Merry K'mas

Here's a Christmas mix I did for the place & entity I spend most my days at; what people would usually call making a living. Leaning more towards the fun-gimme-the-sunshine kind - well it's the festive season after all - with less beats & bass and more guitar janglings & sing-alongs. So have a Merry Christmas!

Max Lane's K'mas Mix


K'mas Tracklist
01. The Stoned Revivals - The New Way
02. Ex-Otago - The Rhythm of the Night
03. Panda Riot - Paper Planes
04. Ra Ra Riot - Can You Tell
05. Stars - This Charming Man
06. Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance
07. Yppah - Again with the Subtitles
08. The Go! Team - Doing It Right
09. Jahcoozi - Flatline (ddpesh Remix)
10. Radiohead - Reckoner (LoveTongueAttack Bmore Remix)
11. MGMT vs Soulwax vs Yeah Yeah Yeahs vs Peaches - Fuck the Kids
12. Tegan & Sara - Back in Your Head (Stop Die Resuscitate Remix)
13. Alias - Well Water Black

The Year That Flew

Well since a friend requested for a Top 10 release list of 2008 via e-mail from across the globe, I guess I should run it here as well. Before I go into that and to recap for this year that just flew; bass is getting heavier & world music is rampaging on a twisted path.

Thanks to Mary-Anne Hobbes, the ever-rising post-rave-neu-bass kids like Benga, Skream & Burial plus dubstep remixes of relatively more commercial stuffs such as Ian Brown & Sia, low end frequencies are just getting louder and heavier. Who needs snares & hats anymore?! They just occupy too much aural space for the bass to rumble! And as I experienced the Kode9 gig first-hand here last March (yes, where I am, we are deprived like that), it's definitely a physical experience. So if Kanye is now into 808 & synth-stabs, lets hope Timbaland cranks into dubstep.

In the post baile funk & M.I.A. era (there are rumours of her quitting), world music seems to be taking a new route and shedding a lot of the oh-so-simplified-&-sanitized WOMAD baggage. We have the Angolan Kuduro sound spreading like wildfire on the dancefloors fueled by Buraka Som Sistema. 'Township Funk' by DJ Mujava is definitely one of 2008's anthem. Still around that region and my favourite discovery this year, we have South African art-rockers BLK JKS. And who would have thought of putting punk aesthetics and middle-eastern beats together; Rainbow Arabia. Matt Shadetek however has some words of precaution over this new 'underground' craze/rave/wave of global sounds; Babel (Dancing in Tongues). Music-makers, please do have a read.

Ok, enough of me ranting. Let's go into the Top 10:

1. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
The return of quality glitch beats.


2. Santogold - Santogold
Move over M.I.A.


3. The Bug - London Zoo
Simply subliminal.


4. Portishead - Third
The great English comeback.


5. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Attack of the electro hippies.


6. Alias - Resurgam
Trigger (pad) happy.


7. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
Sweet Swede.


8. Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
I'm still not convinced they are from Jacksonville, Florida.


9. Benga - Diary of An Afro Warrior
Bass, bass, bass.


10. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
No better name, both band & album.



One last note and rounding up upp/circular this year; myself, Screwface & MC Masterpiece from Pushin'On & Lion City Orchestra are currently attempting to have a go at 2 tracks and we hope to release this new collaboration sometime around the New Year. So watch out for that.

Louco Som Sistema

Christen has been helming this night at the Hacienda since August. I will be joining him this Saturday to mash it a little up at the garden.


Louco Som Sistema

Don
Max Lane
Christen Danse

29 November 2008, Saturday
9PM onwards, free entry

Hacienda
13A Dempsey Road, Singapore

Good And Bad Habit

EpikMotion - Good And Bad Habit

Orkes Upp/circular - Hikayat Satu & Zero

We are not easy like Sunday morning but we sure are moody on Sunday evening. So Screwface, NooDup & myself locked ourselves up as the sun went down on the last last day of the week and decided to play conductors behind our machines. And voila, we got ourselves the first session of Orkes Upp/circular. As the sun went down we managed to log in a 40-minute aural colouring session of a single movement. The digital misadventure has been documented as Hikayat Satu & Zero [The Chronicles of One & Sifar] and chaptered as below. For those with ADD/ADHD, please sedate yourself and at least go through Bab3.




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New mix By Noodup

Noodup - Crooked

Fuck tracklisting...Lisen not see!

Aimless Or Cueless

something for your mind or my mind
add new track in


EpikMotion - Cueless


EpikMotion - Aimless

Move Along Times

back after M.I.A
move along with doors of sounds
but old skool sounds still stand out from the rest


Move Along Times Tracklist

1. Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place (Andi Müllers Looong Mix)
2. A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Rare! Hardfloor Remix)
3. Solee - Timba (Shin Nishimura Summer Of Love Remix)
4. Theo Parrish - Falling Up (Technasia Remix)
5. Ian Pooley - Chord Memory
6. Kaay Alexi - Club MCM (Steve Rachmad Remix)
7. Delerium - Days of our Lives (Joey Beltram Mix)
8. Underworld - King Of Snake (Dave Clarke Remix)
9. Sonz of a loop da loop era - Far Out (Tmx Remix)
10. Atomic Hooligan - Electro Ain't Electro (Rico Tubbs Rave Remix)
11. Christopher & Raphael Just - Popper (Shinichi Osawa Edit)
12. Technasia - Ghett-O-Freak

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Blend It Up

One Big Blender
Two Huge Speakers
& Fourteen Tracks
Come out like that
hahahahahahahaha
Enjoy it

Kids, dont try this at home
Seek Parental Guidance
(if theres a need)


01. Dip Hop - Diplo
02. Whomp That Sucka (A1 Bassline Remix) - A Girl & A Gun
03. Bucky Done Gone (Tenzin Remix) - M.I.A
04. Deaf Mick's Throwdown - Fatboy Slim
05. Mercy (Morsy Mix) - Duffy
06. Money (Mike the 2600 King's Fuck You Pay Me Remix) - Beatles
07. Labels of Love - Fergie (Sex In The City Soundtrack)
08. Golden Skans - Klaxons
09. Greenlight Feat Andre3000 Dirty - John Legend
10. Music Sounds Better with You (L-Vis 1990 Hyper Bass Remix) - Stardust
11. Technologic (Rogerseventytwo Remix) - Daft Punk
12. Realce - Database
13. Restless (Fake Blood Mix) - Unkle
14. European Gangstas (Bun B vs Squarepusher) - DJ Stv Slv

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A Little Quiet, A Little Softer

It has been a quiet August, so here's a mix especially for upp/circular by Softer. Now officially a duo, Softer consists of Reedhuan Rasid (Underneath Blue Skies, Carp3000 & a great friend) & DJ Ming. Do check out more of their activities at Online Foster.


upp/circular mix by Softer




upp/circular mix by Softer Tracklist:

01. Andre Gurov - Sample Mathematic
02. Blockhead - Expiration Date
03. Space Raiders - Laid Back (Indian General San Mix)
04. Audion - Against All Odds (Original Mix)
05. Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer (Tom Novy Remix)
06. Ali Dubfire - I Feel Speed (Audion Mix)
07. Ebb - I'm All Made Of Music (Jori Hulkkonen Remix)
08. DJ Disciple - Work It Out ft. Dawn Tallman (David Tort & DJ Ruff Meet DJ Disciple)
09. Snowden - Between The Rent And Me (The Glamour Remix)

Christen Danse - Mixxing it up.

Like words of wisdom from
Kirsten Dunst "Bring It On"
So move your feet and like
Santogold would say
"Cause we all wanna danSe!"

01. The Fight - Barry De Vorzon
02. Brew Barrymore - Diplo
03. Alla Som Inte Dansar (Team Skidoo Remix) - Maskinen
04. Out There - HIJACK
05. Girls & Boys - Blur
06. 99 (Elroy Vanderley's Baldi Edit) - Cassius
07. Wannabe (The Touch Remix) - Spice Girls
08. Tokyo Drift - Terriyaki Boys
09. Freak from desirebnce1 - Round table knights (bern)
10. Do Something Supermassive (Remix) - Citizen Erased
11. Ante Up (Ayres Up The Tempo Edit) - Tittsworth
12. Kanye West - Flashing Lights (Diplo Remix)
13. Wassup Wassup (ddpesh Remix) - Diplo & Rye Rye
14. Lesartistes grahmzillaeuromix 320kbps - Santogold
15. My Drive Thru f. Santogold & J - N.E.R.D.

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Tribute To Epik High Mix

A cool beat or hip hop for a change, a tribute mix for them, and most beats i use are from tablo new album, epik high past albums and some old skool hip hop artists, there will be no tracklists cause i see no point of putting it in. be it morning/midnight or when you space out and also it for all range of ages, they are suitable to listen to!!!

NooDup - Morning/Midnight Soundtrack (Tribute To Epik High)

SNSD feat. Epik High - Fly Honey (Noodup Funmix)

Girls' Generation, also known as SNSD, the acronym of So Nyeo Shi Dae also Romanized as "So Nyuh Shi Dae" or "So Nyeo Si Dae"), is a nine member South Korean girl group formed in 2007 by SM Entertainment. The members include (in order of official announcement) Yoona, Tiffany, Yuri, Hyoyeon, Sooyoung, Seohyun, Taeyeon (the leader), Jessica and Sunny.

SNSD Wiki

Epik High is a South Korean hip hop group from Seoul, South Korea. The group is composed of Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz.

Epik High Wiki

A remix, Mash Up, Re-Cut, Re-Edit, Refix or Cut&Paste, i just didnt know what the hell i should put it, i done something to the 2 best group in korea on their songs just for pure pleasure enjoy and listen to it.

SNSD feat. Epik High - Fly Honey (Noodup Funmix)

Rumble Boom Bleak

So much for the promise of being productive. Well, I did procrastinate to put this up. Now it is here and distancing itself away from the post-snobbery fun of its predecessors, lets say this is going to be something slightly serious. It's generally looser, smaller, slower, darker. Great for bus rides. But watch out for the scatterings at the end.

Rumble Boom Bleak


Rumble Boom Bleak Tracklist

01. Mutamassik - Doun Doun (The Crux)
02. Matty G - One Step
03. Digital Mystikz - Anti War Dub (feat. Spen G)
04. Kode9 vs. Badawi - Den of Drumz
05. Modeselektor - Hyper Hyper (feat. Otto Von Schirach)
06. Thom Yorke - The Clock (Surgeon Mix)
07. Goth-Trad - Crunky Heads
08. Benga - Pleasure
09. Burial - Raver
10. Apparat - Useless Information
11. Boards of Canada - Telephasic Workshop
12. 65 Days of Static - Little Victories

M3ssUp

let mess things up around, SIOW WAY mode ON ^^ 

(stop button just a click a way)

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MessUp Tracklist:

1. Wonder Girls - Tell Me
   
2. Jaydee - Plastic Dreams
   
3. Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles remix)
   
4. Dj Rolando a.k.a. Los Hermanos - Quetzal
   
5. Kanye West - Flashing Lights (Diplo Remix)
   
6. DJ Sandrinho - Never B Alone Remix
   
7. Reel 2 Real - I Like to Move It (Smalltown DJs Moving Makes Me Sick Remix)
   
8. Chae Yeon - My Love [Mike Rizzo Global Mix]
   
9. Rune - Calabria (Original Mix)
   
10. Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Laidback Luke Bootleg)
    
11. Blaqstarr - Shake It To The Ground (Switch & Santogold Remix)
    
12. Zulu vs. T2 - Bodybroken (Steak House Mashup)
    
13. The Diaphanoids - Escape From Martius 42
    

Banner Switch!

It's time for a new head look courtesy of PFT.

Non Sequitur: Sarena Hashim

Moving away slightly from what we usually do here - cos too much of the same thing is not good for health and distractions serve a great purpose in life - here's the first post to Non Sequitur; all about discovering & rediscovering 'other' great music, ironically or not.



On the list today is Sarena Hashim. A gem of a voice I discovered while researching on Ismail Haron (don't ask me why and I will cover him here soon). From the record-cutting era of the 60's & 70's, lets say as I perceive it, Sarena was the equivalent of Nancy Sinatra in the enclosed yet vibrant Malay music scene. I bet they party as hard too. But she seems to be kinda underrated. Well for one, unlike Ismail Haron, she doesn't have her own wiki stub and secondly, my parents have very little knowledge of her. With an EP backed by one of the most celebrated bands in Singapore & Southeast Asia, The Quests, who cares whether it was really Rolling Good Times back then, this nostalgic sound of Sarena deserves to be unearthed now. So if there's gonna be a Steam Kodok Volume 2, someone please let me know!



Sarena Hashim - Mimpiku


Sarena Hashim & The Quests - Di Malam Ini


Sarena Hashim & The Quests - Panggillah Daku

N.E.R.D. Justice

Justice vs. N.E.R.D. (ft. Q-Tip, Common & De La Soul) - She Wants to Dance (Max Lane Refix)


The virginal upp/circular refix, or if you want to indulge me; cook'upp.
And as you can see, we have been more productive.
Let's hope it stays that way. Till then!

Last Saturday Was Stretching

Stretch, Stretch and Stretch

mixing with a click of a mouse need more hands and fingers then what u expect, so let hear this handicapped octopus mix his way thru!!!

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Last Saturday Was Stretching Tracklist

1. Fast Eddie - Acid Thunder (Classic Acid House)
   
2. M83 - Graveyard Girl (Yuksek Rmx)
   
3. Mika - Lollipop (Yuksek Remix)
   
4. Royksopp - Remind Me (DLake Remix v2)
   
5. Sinden & Count of Monte Crista - Beeper (Fake Blood Remix)
   
6. Dj Beware Grino - Tamborzao Con Scratchy
   
7. Dj C - Baldheads (Mashit Version)
   
8. DJ Amazing Clay - Bonanza 2004
   
9. Le Le - La Bouche (Elroy Vanderley's Je Te Vois Une Baltimore Edit)
   
10. Maurice - This Is Acid
    
11. Midfield General - Disco Sirens (Boy 8 Bit Short Vocal Mix)
    
12. N.E.R.D. - Everyone Nose (Douster Remix)
    
13. Playground Production - I Work
    
14. Mystery Jets - Hide Away (Diplo Edit)
    
15. The Black Ghosts - Any Way (Fake Blood Remix)
    
16. Underworld - Ring Road (Fake Blood Remix)
    
17. MIA - XR2

Mixtapes Get Physical

An extremely limited set of the current upp/circular mixtapes collection CDs (yes, we are still suckers for the appeal of the physical) will be making their way to Bali this week and Barcelona later next month courtesy of the Pushin'On crew. So if you happen to chance upon these funk boys from Singapore, be nice and say hi. They might just pass you a copy.

Sleeve design, adapted from our recently updated banner, was done by our fourth ghostly member who has yet to christen himself with a name.

NooDup's Mixtake

Here is the mix of all mixtake, hear what you like, see what you like and say what you like.

The TITLE says it all, keep it to yourself!!!

Mixtake Tracklist:

1. Dead Disco - You're Out (Boody B Remix)

2. N.E.R.D. - Everyone Nose

3. Kidda - Smile (Detboi Remix)

4. Wiley - Wearing My Rolex (Extended Edit)

5. El Remolon - 13 (Modeselektor vs Calle)

6. Mochipet - Get Your Whistle Wet

7. Jamie jones - Amazon (Steve Bug Mix)

8. Snoop Dog - Sensual Seduction (Wideboys Bassline Mix)

9. Wiley - If Youre Going Out Im Going Out Too

10. I Will Shank You For A Penny - Boots (A1 Bassline Remix)

11. Aztec Mystic - Knights Of The Jaguar (King Unique Remix)

12. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Chew Fu Refix ft. J-Cast & Substantial)

13. Fagget Fairys - Samo Ti (A1 Bassline Remix)

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DISJUNCTURE OF POP

It's the Labour Day holiday, workers are taking a break, inflation is diluting my coffee and it's time to make pop matters again. If you're a music snob, here's a mix that is Not Safe For Work (NSFW). To avoid weird looks, fiery frowns and stabbing stares, please put on your ear/head phones. If it doesn't matter, well, shut up and dance.

Disjuncture of Pop


Disjuncture of Pop Tracklist

01. Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You (Son of Kick Remix)
02. Estelle & Kanye West - American Boy (Estaw American Grill Fix)
03. Kid Cudi - Day 'N' Nite (Crookers Remix)
04. Chromeo vs Rihanna - Don't Stop the Fancy Footwork (ABX Mash)
05. Nelly Furtado - Maneater (Crookers Remix)
06. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Solly Remix)
07. Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia (DJ Silent Partner Bootleg)
08. Men Without Hats - Safety Dance (Cap'nharry Bmore'd)
09. Queen - Flash Gordon (Jamie Fanatic Bootleg)
10. Khia - My Neck, My Back (MT Remix)
11. Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (Titts Remix)
12. The Kingsmen - Louie, Louie (JaPetto Remix)
13. Yo Majesty - Club Action (Chris Bagraiders Sailing to Baltimore Edit)
14. INXS - Need U Tonight (Jon Gill's One of My Kind Mix)
15. Bloc Party - The Prayer (Ill Self Remix)
16. DJ C - Set Me Free From This Wicked Game
17. El Remolon - Modeselecktor vs Calle 13
18. Feist - 1234 (DJ SD & Jus One Remix)

Subtle Inquiry

Thought i might leave you with this to ponder over,
while i visit some red pandas on holiday.
Money for the meat, it's time to get paid!

Ge Me De Anja Tracklist:

01. Various Productions - 13 Feat Cat Power
02. Skream - Oskilatah
03. Young Lovers - Check
04. Trouble & Bass - Slamdance
05. Ron Carrol - Walking Down The Street (Count Of Monte Cristal Rmx)
06. The Count & Sinden - Beeper (Fake Blood Rmx)
07. Edu K. Feat Marina - Me Bota Pra Dancar (Cookers Rmx)
08. The Loungin Collective - Riddim Come 4ward (Herve's Mix)
09. Acid Jacks - Mookie (Math Head Vip)
10. 30Hz Feat Yolanda - Daddio (Trevor Lovey's Rmx)
11. Shy Child - Noise Won't Stop (Buraka Som Sistema Rmx)
12. Buraka Som Sistema - Sound Of Kuduro Feat. Dj Znobia, Saborosa, Puto Prata & M.I.A
13. Dj C - Jump Up & Bounce feat Ms Thing
14. Teriyaki Boys - Zock On (Darren Dubwise DDD-ance Re-edit)
15. Dj C & Zulu - Body Work (Murderbot's Britny Work Refix)
16. Men Without Hats - Saftey Dance (Cap' n Harry Bmore'd)
17. Dj Donna Summer - Sweet Assed Child O' Mine
18. The Doors - This Is The End (Dirty South Rmx)

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The Schizo Sounds of Tanah Tulu

Its the Easter long weekend and upp/circular is ready to drop its first mixtape. So enjoy the half-hour everywhere-all-over madness. If you don't like it, just press stop.

The Schizo Sounds of Tanah Tulu



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The Schizo Sounds of Tanah Tulu Tracklist:

01. Burial - Archangel
02. Burial vs. Spank Rock - Bumpangel (STV SLV Mash)
03. Jahcoozi - Black Barbie (Modeselektor Remix)
04. M.I.A. - World Town
05. Timbaland vs. Hot Chip - Give It To My Boy From School (ABX Mash)
06. Planet Perfecto feat. Grace - Not Over Yet
07. South Rakkas Crew - Mad Again (Diplo Club Edit)
08. Big Boi vs. Ghislain Poirier - Blazin Kryptonite (STV SLV Mash)
09. Apparat - Arcadia
10. Burial - Southern Comfort
11. Diplo - Diplo Rhythm
12. Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Neptunes Remix)

Coming to You Soon

we are upp/circular,
we is the murderer.